the treatment of women in Afghanistan has been getting progressively worse over the years. Sanaubar was Hassan's mother and she was there to represent how women changed over the years in Afghanistan. In the beginning she was a beautiful independent woman and then when she returned she was broken and beaten
treatment of women under the Taliban
1- Complete ban on women's work outside the home, which also applies to female teachers, engineers and most professionals. Only a few female doctors and nurses are allowed to work in some hospitals in Kabul. 2- Complete ban on women's activity outside the home unless accompanied by a mahram (close male relative such as a father, brother or husband). 3- Ban on women dealing with male shopkeepers. 4- Ban on women being treated by male doctors. 5- Ban on women studying at schools, universities or any other educational institution. (Taliban have converted girls' schools into religious seminaries.) 6- Requirement that women wear a long veil (Burqa), which covers them from head to toe. 7- Whipping, beating and verbal abuse of women not clothed in accordance with Taliban rules, or of women unaccompanied by a mahram
If women would break these there are dire repercussions and punishment
Women in Afghanistan
Gray Zelenak & DeSawnthe treatment of women in Afghanistan has been getting progressively worse over the years. Sanaubar was Hassan's mother and she was there to represent how women changed over the years in Afghanistan. In the beginning she was a beautiful independent woman and then when she returned she was broken and beaten
treatment of women under the Taliban
1- Complete ban on women's work outside the home, which also applies to female teachers, engineers and most professionals. Only a few female doctors and nurses are allowed to work in some hospitals in Kabul.
2- Complete ban on women's activity outside the home unless accompanied by a mahram (close male relative such as a father, brother or husband).
3- Ban on women dealing with male shopkeepers.
4- Ban on women being treated by male doctors.
5- Ban on women studying at schools, universities or any other educational institution. (Taliban have converted girls' schools into religious seminaries.)
6- Requirement that women wear a long veil (Burqa), which covers them from head to toe.
7- Whipping, beating and verbal abuse of women not clothed in accordance with Taliban rules, or of women unaccompanied by a mahram
If women would break these there are dire repercussions and punishment
here is a video of a woman being executed for the crime of adultery (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57468298/video-shows-afghan-woman-executed-by-taliban-treatment-of-women-continues-to-erode/)
Graphic material (don't have to show)
http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm